Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys - Waylon Jennings (维隆·杰宁斯)/Willie Nelson (威利·纳尔逊)

Cowboys ain't easy to love and they're harder to hold

牛仔们从不轻易去爱 并被人掌控

They'd rather give you a song than diamonds or gold

他们宁愿赠予你美妙的歌声 而非钻石或黄金

Lonestar belt buckles and old faded levis

每晚紧扣孤星皮带扣 穿着褪色的旧里维斯牛仔裤

And each night begins a new day

开始新的一天

If you don't understand him

就算你不理解他

An' he don't die young

他也不会英年早逝

He'll prob'ly just ride away

他可能只是绝尘而去

Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys

妈妈 别让你的孩子长大成为牛仔

Don't let 'em pick guitars or drive them old trucks

别让他们弹奏吉他 亦或是驾驶他们的旧卡车

Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such

让他们成为医生和律师之流吧

Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys

妈妈 别让你的孩子长大成为牛仔

'Cos they'll never stay home and they're always alone

因为他们永远不会待在家里 总是独自一人

Even with someone they love

即使与他人坠入爱河

Cowboys like smokey old pool rooms

牛仔喜欢有浴缸的房间

And clear mountain mornings

大山的灿烂清晨

Little warm puppies and children and girls of the night

可爱的小狗 孩子和夜晚的姑娘们

Them that don't know him won't like him and them that do

有些人因不了解他 而不会喜欢他

Sometimes won't know how to take him

他们有时 不知道该如何跟他相处

He ain't wrong he's just different

他并无过错

But his pride won't let him

只是特立独行

Do things to make you think he's right

他的自尊心不允许自己去迎合他人

Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys

妈妈 别让你的孩子长大成为牛仔

Don't let 'em pick guitars or drive them old trucks

别让他们弹奏吉他 亦或是驾驶他们的旧卡车

Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such

让他们成为医生和律师之流吧

Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys

妈妈 别让你的孩子长大成为牛仔

'Cos they'll never stay home and they're always alone

因为他们永远不会待在家里 总是独自一人

Even with someone they love

即使与他人坠入爱河

Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys

妈妈 别让你的孩子长大成为牛仔